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I squeeze his body a little tighter. “Are we really mates?”
“Can’t you feel it?” he asks in a soft voice. “The yearning? The attraction? The intense feeling of being drawn to each other? I feel it so strongly for you. You’re all I want, sweet girl. All I want is you.”
I swallow hard, not knowing what to say. I feel the same, but I don’t think I’m ready to say it just yet.
“Do you know where we’re going?” I ask.
“I know every inch of these forests,” he says. “My bear has been roaming through them for decades. If we continue up here, we’ll arrive in town.”
“Do you think there will be a bathroom I can use?” I ask with a gulp. Now that the danger is over, I have to go really bad. Every bump is killing me.
“I’ll find you one,” he says as he speeds up. “And then… We’ll go back to the auction.”
“Backto the auction? Are you crazy?”
“I stashed the money that I brought to bid on you nearby in the forest.”
“You brought money? To winme?”
“I sold my ranch and gave up everything for you,” he says like it’s nothing.
“You did? Why?”
He suddenly stops the bike and turns to me with a look of pure love.
“I would do anything for you, Ava.Anything. I’d give up everything I have just to hold you in my arms. I sold my ranch to make sure I was the highest bidder, but Novak outbid me. Well, he’s dead now, the ranch is ours, and we have a bag full of money waiting for us. We can use it to start a new life together.”
He’s staring at me with his beautiful hazel eyes and it makes my heart turn to mush. All he’s done for me… I’ll never be able to pay him back for all of it.
I grab his stubbly cheeks and pull his mouth to mine. His big hand slips onto my lower back and he pulls me against him with a hungry moan.
His tongue slides along mine as he claims my mouth. I never imagined that my first kiss would be with a wild man like Elias, but I’m glad that it is. I can’t imagine a better kisser than him.
I slide my hands into his hair as he holds me protectively like he’s never going to let me go now that he’s finally found me.
My head is spinning when we finally pull away. I can’t help but smile as I admire his gorgeous face.
He’s older than me with a few more wrinkles and salt and pepper hair, but Ilikeit. I trace my tingling fingertips over the lines beside his eyes, wishing I was there all those years to see them form.
I may have missed a lot, but we’re together now and we’re not going to waste any time.
“I still can’t believe you’re here,” he says as he stares at me in awe. “You’re so beautiful. Are you even real?”
My eyes drop and my stomach sinks. “In some ways, no.” I’m looking better than I ever have thanks to the team of makeup artists and hair stylists that did their magic, turning my ordinary-looking face into a masterpiece. I’m terrified that he’s going to be disappointed when he sees how I really look once I wash off all this makeup and take down my hair. “I don’t normally wear this much makeup.”
He kisses me again and I moan into his mouth. God, he tastes good.
“You’ll always be stunning to me, Ava,” he whispers after he pulls away and gazes into my lovestruck eyes. “Always.”
I wish I could believe him.
We continue driving to the town and by the time we arrive on the dark quiet streets, I’mdyingto go.
The only thing that’s open is an inn.
We hide the bike behind the building in case those bears make the stupid mistake of coming after us and challenging my man again, and we head inside. I have to go so badly that I run in.
“Can I please use your bathroom?” I ask the man at the desk with a wince.
